By Malia Zimmerman
Published January 08, 2014
watchdog.org


President Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia left Oahu after 15-day holiday vacation in a beachfront luxury home in Kailua, Oahu.

They also left a pretty big bill.

The Obamas’ vacation cost taxpayers more than $4 million for travel, staffing, security, housing, car rentals and transportation of vehicles and a helicopter.

But the expenses continue.

First lady Michelle Obama extended her own vacation, flying to the island of Maui, where she is spending time with family friend Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey’s magazine describes the home as a “perfect 21st-century farmhouse” in a “remote up-country region, where the houses that dot the moss-covered rock hillside face the ocean.”

The president said he sent his wife to Maui as an early birthday present; she turns 50 Jan. 17.

Sounds nice. Wish I had a place like Oprah's.

It's hard to get upset about the costs you quote, anymore. Nobody ever seemed to get upset about the cost of presidential travel until we got a black Democrat in the White House. I don't know why you think not letting the President have any time off, or ever play a round a golf is good for anybody. We should have better things to talk about.

Well then Mortimer, why don't you give us better things to talk about. like how well that Obamacare or ACA, as you call it, is working? In the past you were telling of how great and wonderful it was going to be. How's that working out now?

Yeah, its simply just his skin color. Never mind the fact that I have a black uncle and 3 cuzzn's mulatto, its just HIS color. Couildn't possibly be that he is an ideological idiot that can't see beyond the end of nose.

ain't that Gal tired yet,of eating Lobster,in exotic locations, on Taxpayer's expense?

wait? so our taxes actually pay for the security of first families on travel...!!!

shock and awe,,,,

Hey, she is coming home on a Air Force cargo plane. Let's show a little sympathy.

Now if they would only pay for the Lobster themselves!
Security is the smallest part of the Bill!

Too much Lobster and Fillet-Mignon I suppose!

where is the evidence they don't pay for the lobster themselves?

should they have hamburgers instead on her birthday? should they live beneath the standard they lived before the white house?

the pettiness of obamaphobia,,,lol

seems like just last month Oprah was allegedly no longer their friend,,,, according to these threads,,,,but anyay


yeah,, would be nice to live a little bit on the other side of wealth

the other side of wealth? your wealthy when it's your money your spending, not when you have an unlimited gold card on the governments dime....

spending your money is not the definition of wealth,,,lol

wth


and I don't know anyone with an unlimited government gold card except maybe politicians,,,

most of whom have 'acquired wealth' beyond and outside of the 'governments dime'

don't be that naive...

so much for king barry's "more transparent government"

http://www.wnd.com/2011/08/337833/

na�ve about what?

that first families TRAVEL And taxpayers pay for their security?

Im not the na�ve one at all

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2011/10/04/judicial-watch-fakes-outrage-at-first-ladys-afr/183130

about how politicians get rich... they all go in broke, and come out rich... didn't you ever think why people want to be politicians?...

is that post your liberal response to a lawsuit filed by judicial-watch
against the government for not disclosing how much was spent on the queens vacations?


more liberal nonsence

the post was my response to the false 'outrage' about the reality of taxpayers funding for the security of first families,, WHOMEVER They are,,,


and politicians 'acquire wealth' the way most people do,, by growing their resources

Bush wasn't broke before he went into office, for certain,,lol
neither was Raegan or any other President in our lifetime really


I think when people already have money, they get into politics to make some difference

I don't believe there would be any other reason for a person already doing well to put themselves under such constant pressure and scrutiny just for what, to them, is a few more scraps,,,

yep,if Security was all the Taxpayer had to pay for!

how about all the rest of the "High On The Hog Living" First Family!
Dogtrainer,Golf-Pro etc!
All flown around the Nation on a Whim,even the Dog,Own Plane,Own Limo,Own Security!